IWGB Game Workers union condemns its exclusion from the UK Video Games Council

The Game Workers branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union has issued an open letter to Labour MPs, condemning its exclusion from the recently formed UK Video Games Council. Read more

Capcom's back-catalogue titles dominate its Q1 2025 game sales

Capcom has released its financial results for Q1 2025, with net sales and income showing strong growth and unit sales of new and back-catalogue titles increasing year-on-year. Read more

Shanghai's new game policy could be the break foreign developers have been waiting for

Mingzhen Li is the founder and CEO of Playful Digital, which provides market entry strategies for launching and growing international gaming titles in China. Read more

Xbox content and services revenue up 13% year-on-year

Microsoft has released its financial results for Q4 of its fiscal year 2025, showing solid growth in gaming revenue and Xbox content and services. Read more

Ready or Not tops 2m console sales in 2 weeks despite controversial changes | News-in-Brief

Six of PlayStation's ten US biggest-selling games in Q2 2025 were published by Microsoft

Six of the ten best-selling games on PlayStation from April 6 to July 5, 2025, were published by Microsoft. Read more

UK game tech company JECO secures $1.3 million in pre-seed investment

UK tech company JECO has secured $1.3 million/£960,000 in growth funding, with the pre-seed investment led by the government-backed British Business Bank and investment collective The Games Angels. Read more

Microsoft implements Xbox age verification to comply with UK Online Safety Act

Microsoft has rolled out age verification to UK Xbox users in compliance with the UK's Online Safety Act. Read more

The Stop Killing Games initiative doesn't understand what it's asking for | Opinion

Sergio Ferreira, an intellectual property lawyer at the UK law firm Knights, shares his thoughts on the ongoing Stop Killing Games petition. Read more

IGDA "seriously alarmed" by recent crackdown on NSFW games

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has said it's "seriously alarmed" by the recent wave of delistings and de-indexing of NSFW adult games from platforms such as itch.io and Steam. Read more